George Hendricks, a 69-year-old from Leesburg, a suburb of Orlando, told ClickOrlando he lost $45,000 after a scammer targeted him with a deepfake video of Musk. Deepfakes are digitally-altered videos often used to impersonate notable public figures.
Now, Hendricks tells the outlet that his wife “wants to get a divorce” over the scam.
It wasn’t just about a car, the scammers knew Florida Boomers are greedy fucks who expect to make free money, this mark thought he was going to make $120K on a $10K investment.